45th Annie Awards

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45th Annie Awards
DateFebruary 3, 2018 (2018-02-03)
Site Royce Hall
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by Tom Kane
Organized by ASIFA-Hollywood
Highlights
Best Animated
Feature
Coco
Best Direction Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina
Coco
Most awardsCoco (11)
Most nominationsCoco (13)

The 45th Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2017 took place on February 3, 2018, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, and presented awards in 35 categories. [1]

Contents

Production categories

On December 4, 2017, the nominations were announced. Coco earned the most number of nominations with 13, followed by The Breadwinner with 10. [2]

Best Animated Feature Best Animated Feature — Independent
Best Animated Special Production Best Animated Short Subject
Best Animated Television/Broadcast CommercialBest Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children
  • June – Broad Reach Pictures, Chromosphere, Lyft
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for ChildrenBest General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Best Student Film
  • Poles Apart – Paloma Baeza
    • Cradle – Devon Manney
    • Elsewhere – Junyi Xiao
    • Good Night, Everybuds – Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH
    • Once a Hero – Xia Li

Individual achievement categories

Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video GameOutstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

Multiple awards and nominations

Films

Television/Broadcast

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References

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